Orations 20.8

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
178
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Author
Reference
Orations 20.8
Quotation
οἱ δὲ τοσαύτην ἄρα τὴν ἐγρήγορσιν παρέσχοντο, ὥστ᾽ ἔφθησαν ἡμᾶς ἀνιστάντες, πρὶν ἐξελθεῖν τὸν ἐροῦντα πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἃ πεπόνθαμεν. ὀργάνοις δὲ θειοτάτοις ἅμα καὶ λαμπροτάτοις ἐχρήσαντο, λόγοις μὲν παραμυθησάμενοι καὶ δείξαντες, ὅ ποτε Ἡσίοδος ἐμαντεύσατο, ὅσον τι χρῆμα ἡ μουσικὴ τῇ βασιλικῇ προσγενομένη χορηγίαν δὲ πᾶσαν παρασχόμενοι πρός τε τὴν τῶν συμβεβηκότων θεραπείαν καὶ προσέτι ἑτέρων κόσμων περιβολήν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
People of Smyrna
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Medium/a Ornamenting
Physical public ornaments - buildings, temples, public art
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Ancestors/ founders of Smyrna
Item Identifier
A02310
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Derived directly from text